What is with these boys? Are these future men? The ones who will lead the next coming age? The ones who lay still in their beds, sitting frozen, sucked in by T.V Who play games with the times testing the boundaries of not doing more Sure they walk and they speak, but they mumble their words and fall fast asleep No interest in life, to explore so young and youth has already fled replaced with excuses, and being bored to death you know who are, boys who think you are men I am no exception, I have been distracted been lazy, am far from a hard working man much more effort to give sweat, blood, and tears absent in my life these past few years Selfish, indulgent, willingly wasting my youth There is time to regret, and more time to correct for now that I live, awake and alert abundant in strength, health, and things to pursuit I have been rebuked to take hold of myself to run not to walk, work more than I talk And while I still have the chance grow up, be a man.

What an irony, that the topic of worship, a topic so central to the scriptures, has caused numerous church conflicts and divisions. Unfortunately, many regard worship as merely singing and music, but that shallow definition misses the whole point. Conversely, there are others who take an opposing view saying that worship is everything you do. But this approach also becomes so broad that it offers little help to the one seeking to understand how the Creator God is to be worshiped. The various misunderstandings for this paramount term are understandable. The scriptures are not written as a dictionary, and when closely examined, they offer many different contexts and inclusions for this word. The etymology for our English word, worship, came from the idea of ascribing worth, while the primary Hebrew and Greek words, “Shachah” and “Proskuneo”, mainly refer to a physical posture that demonstrates complete subordination and acknowledgment of the superior. Strong’s Lexicon gives us the following insight in the definition: “to fall upon the knees and touch the ground with the forehead as an expression of profound reverence”. And this is indeed the prevalent response of everyone who stands in the presence of God. For example, when God appeared to Abraham, it says, “he lifted up ...

It is difficult to find a more controversial subject among today’s Christians than the “cool church”. Is it acceptable for a church to be confused for a bar? Is it permissible for pastors to use coarse, street language? Should the church speak the world’s language to convert the world into church? These important questions demand answers. If they are unclear to us, we will soon be swallowed by the “cool church”. Although it is not my intent, I am prepared to step on some toes with this post. If you were an enemy of the Church and was committed to its destruction, how would you go about it? If you were to bring it down, would it not be an advantage to carry out this mission quietly? How about allowing it to exist, and even flourish, but changing its goals, methods and identity? Wouldn’t the goal be accomplished if a church hardly resembled what it was intended to be, yet falsely thought that it was a model of Christ’s Church? Would it not be ideal if the church was swallowed by the surrounding world, but continued to think that the world had been absorbed into the church? Unfortunately, the enemy ...

As part of the Topical series, preached at a Sunday Youth Service service, Eugene Shkarovskiy, our Pastor preached a message on the commitment to the local church. Here are some of the questions that he addresses: Can you say you are committed to your local church? Should you even be committed? And if so, what does this commitment mean? Is commitment measured by agreement? Attitude? Attendance? Membership? As Christians we need to cultivate a biblical response to our local church. This response is expressed in informed intelligent understanding and attitudes toward church: doctrine, leadership, philosophy, people, and development. To truly build up the Church of Christ we must be fully committed to a local church. To listen or to download the sermon click on the link below: Commitment to Word of Grace Bible Church

Without a doubt Easter is the most significant Christian holiday. It encapsulates the whole of the Christian message and most vividly displays the glory of God in all it’s beauty: sinners unable to save themselves are delivered by a Holy God through His death at their hands, paying for their sins and rising in glory to offer salvation to those who would accept HIm and Savior and King. That’s the Gospel and that’s the message that Easter is all about. This short list of resources will hopefully provide with more opportunity to reflect deeper concerning the significance of Easter in your life. Just keep in mind, these resources are not the goal! They are rather a means to goal! The goal is to be amazed with our God as we consider what the Gospel is. Worship, not just knowledge is the purpose behind using these resources. Resurrection Appearances in Scripture The Death of Jesus from Medical Perspective Scripture: Here is a very helpful day-by-day chronological reading of what happened during Jesus final week before the crucifixion: http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/category/holy-week/ Sermon Series: John MacArthur in this 3 part study details Luke’s account of the resurrection: http://www.gty.org/Resources/Sermon+Series/308_The-Empty-Tomb Articles: In vintage Piper, he shows us ...